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Re: [patch] work around ClearCase bug

From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
To: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
Cc: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: 06 Dec 2001 00:51:05 -0800
Subject: Re: [patch] work around ClearCase bug
References: <20011206065844.GA8267@codesourcery.com><sibshc94em.fsf@daffy.airs.com><1007625133.1487.4.camel@ghostwheel.cygnus.com>

Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com> writes:

> > I don't think GNU utilities should work around obvious bugs in a
> > proprietary product like ClearCase.  If this were not an obvious bug
> > in ClearCase, I think it would be OK.  If ClearCase were widely used,
> > I think it would be OK.  If ClearCase were free, I think it might be
> > OK (though we would probably just fix ClearCase).
> 
> Not to disagree (and I'm not, I don't think it should go in either) but
> clearcase is pretty widely used. I've seen it an awful lot at other
> companies.

Sorry, I was ambiguous.  I meant widely used in the way that Microsoft
Windows is widely used.

Ian

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